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As You Like It: A Note from the Artistic Director

As You Like It: A Note from the Artistic Director

A liberal, tolerant government is overthrown. The revolutionary is the ultraconservative younger brother of the progressive leader who has opened a...

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Indecent | A Note from the Artistic Director

Indecent | A Note from the Artistic Director

We were lucky enough to be on hand when Paula Vogel’s Indecent opened on Broadway five years ago, and being huge fans of hers already, and...

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Follies | An Orgy of Pastiche

Follies | An Orgy of Pastiche

If imitation, as the English cleric Caleb Charles Bolton suggested, is the sincerest form of flattery, then writing pastiches – what Merriam...

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Follies | A Note from Artistic Director Bill English

Follies | A Note from Artistic Director Bill English

Follies is, perhaps, Stephen Sondheim’s greatest masterwork, yet it is seldom performed these days because of its technical demands including...

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San Francisco Playhouse refurbishes auditorium ahead of 2022/23 Season

San Francisco Playhouse refurbishes auditorium ahead of 2022/23 Season

New seats, cushions, carpeting, and more at 450 Post Street It finally happened. As we get ready to celebrate our 20th Season, and our tenth in our...

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The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin – A Note from the Artistic Director

The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin – A Note from the Artistic Director

In this time when there has been so much focus on immigration, not just in the US and our border with Mexico and Trump’s wall, but in Europe with...

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Water by the Spoonful – A Note from the Artistic Director

Water by the Spoonful – A Note from the Artistic Director

In our pandemic-devastated world, the prophetic Pulitzer winner Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Alegría Hudes seems even more relevant now than when...

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‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’: A Note from the Artistic Director

‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’: A Note from the Artistic Director

Practicing empathy is not easy. To put our money where our mouths are, we must fearlessly challenge the limits to which our hearts will open. Our...

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Music …And the Food of Love | A note from the Twelfth Night dramaturgs

Music …And the Food of Love | A note from the Twelfth Night dramaturgs

First performed on the Feast of the Epiphany, Twelfth Night marked a day when accepted ranks and relationships could be turned upside down, with...

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‘Twelfth Night’: A Note from the Artistic Director

‘Twelfth Night’: A Note from the Artistic Director

In 18 seasons of theatre, San Francisco Playhouse has yet to present a play by Shakespeare. It always seemed to us that there were enough companies...

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